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Frank Melton's Luck, Or, Off to New Zealand

Contents

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Contents.

Chapter. Page.
I. 1. Why Harry Baker and I went to New Zealand—Lady Passengers.
II. 5. Fellow Passengers and their Peculiarities—We Fall in Love.
III. 9. The Ocean Times—The Mutiny and How We Quelled It.
IV. 13. The Baronet's Son is Considerably Sat Upon.
V. 18. Land Oh!—The Man in the Mud—Auckland.
VI. 22. Fickleness—Harry's Method of Love-making—First Day Ashore.
VII. 26. The Manukau Bar—The Lovely Half-castes—In Love Again.
VIII. 30. A Sight of Mount Egmont—Dead and Her Bones Scraped.
IX. 35. The Wrong Room, and What I Heard in it. A Pleasant Introduction.
X. 39. Preparations for a Cattle Muster—Trying a Buck-jumper.
XI. 43. The Cattle Muster—Work now, my Boy; not Flirting and Fun—The Ladies Assist.
XII. 48. The Widow's Arrival Creates a Sensation.
XIII. 52. We Teach Her to Ride—Over Like a Bird.
XIV. 57. They Teach Me to Dance—Greek Meets Greek.
XV. 61. An Up-Country Dance—Jealousy, Deep and Bitter.
XVI. 65. A Riding Party—Heels-over-head.
XVII. 70. The Bush Gully—The Widow's Success.
XVIII. 74. A Christmas Party—Horse-breaking.
XIX. 78. A Bull Hunt—The Wedding Day—Where's the Bridegroom?
XX. 82. Explanations.
XXI. 86. Harry Baker Joins the Forest Rangers—Wounded.
XXII. 91. Recovery—Cadeting—Baronet's Son Again to the Fore.
XXIII. 96. Harry's Opinion of the Baronet's Son—Gold Fever.
XXIV. 100. The Hauhaus—War at Patea—Death of Von Tempsky.
XXV. 104. Welcome Home—Our Doctor.
XXVI. 109. The Doctor Gives Advice—Fanny Nurses Me—I Try to Make Love.
XXVII. 113. Scouring the Bush for Wild Cattle—Bushed.
XXVIII. 117. The Rev. Walter Stubbs and His Lady.
XXIX. 122. Gold Fever Again—An Unexpected Legacy.
XXX. 126. Harry's Experiences—An Unlooked-for Return.
XXXI. 130. An Excessively Awkward Meeting.
XXXII. 135. Auckland Once More—The Luck of the Devil—Harry and the Stubbs Visit Wanganui.
XXXIII. 139. Another Wedding Day Brings Strange Results.
XXXIV. 145. Scattered—A Most Unpleasant Drive.
XXXV. 149. A Lady Displays Powers of Conquest—Another Does Not
XXXVI. 153. From Grave to Gay—A New Billet.
XXXVII. 157. I Purchase Dot-and-go-one—The New Run.
XXXVIII. 161. The Up-Country Race Meeting—Down—A Brilliant Finish.
XXXIX. 166. I am Delirious—A Speculation Proves Remunerative—A Double Wedding.
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